Ayn Rand held that art is a 're-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements.' By its nature, therefore, a novel (like a statue or a symphony) does not require or tolerate an explanatory preface; it is a self-contained… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
What one needs to know in order to appraise a man morally is not: what did his mother say or do when he was three? The proper question is: what does he say and do now? — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. In times of crises these men need the… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
“An individual can be hurt in countless ways by other men's irrationality, dishonesty, injustice. Above all, he can be disappointed, perhaps grievously, by the… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
“Statism and the advocacy of reason are philosophical opposites. They cannot coexist—neither in a philosophic system nor in a nation.” — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
Now, the United States' response, the western response to this is a continuation of the appeasement that was started back in the '50s with… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand held that art is a 're-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements.' By its nature, therefore, a novel (like a… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
“[There is] a widespread approach to ideas which Objectivism repudiates altogether: agnosticism. I mean this term in a sense which applies to the question… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
The unphilosophical majority among men are the ones most helplessly dependent on their era's dominant ideas. — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
Objectivism advocates reason as man's sole means of knowledge, and therefore, for the reasons I have already given, it is atheist. It denies any… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
Unlike the Marxists, the Nazis did not advocate public ownership of the means of production. They did demand that the government oversee and run… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
What one needs to know in order to appraise a man morally is not: what did his mother say or do when he was… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
The more you learn, if you learn it properly, the more clear you become and the more you know. — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
“Every argument for God and every attribute ascribed to Him rests on a false metaphysical premise. None can survive for a moment on a… — Leonard Peikoff Copy Share Image
![“[There is] a widespread approach to ideas which Objectivism repudiates altogether: agnosticism. I mean this term in a sense which applies to the question of God, but to many other issues also, such as extra-sensory perception or the claim that the stars influence man’s destiny. In regard to all…” quote by Leonard Peikoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f5f/leonard-peikoff-29375_agnosticism_there-is-a-widespread-approach-to-ideas_1251970.jpg)
